2018 HockeyNow Minor Hockey Player of the Year: November Shortlists

Our search for the 2018 HockeyNow Minor Hockey Players of the Year kicked off with the start of the season and we’re watching closely to see which players will rise above the pack. Our preliminary lists are released each month and reflect some of the top minor hockey players (in their CHL draft year) from B.C., Alberta and Ontario. These lists, compiled by our Player of the Year committee, are used to eventually determine our winners, announced in July each year.

Our winners are chosen first and foremost on their hockey ability, but our selection committee also looks at each potential nominee’s record for leadership, sportsmanship, community involvement and participation in their school.

The committee is chaired by ISS Hockey founder and head scout Dennis MacInnis, who has been involved with the award for many years and helped choose last year’s winners, Justin Sourdif in B.C., Kaiden Guhle in Alberta and Jack Hughes in Ontario.

The stakes are high and this year’s players are already proving themselves early in the season. Here are the preliminary lists for November.

Preliminary list BC 2003s, November 2017
Bentham, Nolan
Solid puck moving d man, has good hockey sense and likes to control the tempo of the game.

Chiasson, JakeTwo way forward, leader, character player, plays top line and distributes the puck and finds the open holes.

Daniells, Kai Has speed likes to attack wide & protect the puck down low, quite player that can score & has hockey sense.

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